Many faculty scoff at the phrase above, often exclaiming, “Isn’t all teaching ‘student-centered’ or ‘learner-centered’?” Well, not exactly. Here are some descriptors to help clarify the true intent of the term, learner-centered (or learning-centered) teaching: providing choices for students in relation to where, how, and when they study, fostering (focusing on) learning rather than teaching […]
Continue Reading October 29th, 2007
Sarah Robbins (aka – Intellagirl), prompted the BGSU Tech Trends Series audience, “The world is changing… are you ready? Are your students ready?“ After presenting a multitude of recent statistics on the technology use habits of 18-22 year olds, Robbins explained how the numbers simply represent symptoms of a larger issue – young people want […]
Continue Reading 2 comments October 25th, 2007
Follow the link below for 23 Learning 2.0 Things. The site gives you tasks designed to make you more comfortable with Web 2.0 technologies. Tips and advice are provided along your journey. Learn more about blogging, RSS, photo sharing, tagging, wikis, and other online tools. http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/ What tasks have you tried? What ideas or tools […]
Continue Reading October 18th, 2007
What is your opinion of the video? Do your students have similar concerns? How can you or the University help to change and encourage better student interaction? …Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started! For another great video from this group check out The Machine is Us/ing Us a short video about the […]
Continue Reading 1 comment October 15th, 2007
Here is a sampling of things overheard during the “Challenges Regarding Copyright and Use” Discussion held in the Pallister Conference room of Jerome Library on October 2: Copyright is a balancing test between protecting rights of creators and the promotion of knowledge Copyright law is based on varying interpretations depending on jurisdiction, legal precidents, and […]
Continue Reading October 4th, 2007
Here are a couple of useful resources that we would like to share: The Library of Congress offers an Ask-a-Librarian service, where they provide the ability to choose a research area and then ask a librarian via either online chat or email. http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ Another option is to use BGSU‘s own Ask-a-Librarian service, The library offers […]
Continue Reading October 3rd, 2007
